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Ah. Have you just found out? Some of my comment is suddenly way less relevant. I am out of my depth on the Type 1 stuff, but I'd say take your time until you have your balance sorted out and don't rush into any changes. Hopefully things will get easier to gauge and to influence soon. As you will...

Your birthday, pal..or just making the most of someone else's ageing process?;)

5.3 this morning. :)

Hi. Sorry to hear you are having such a tough time. It must also be very frustrating just not to be able to have the therapeutic value and pleasure of getting in about your garden.You don't mention your blood sugar levels, so I can't see if all your meds are being really effective in keeping...

Hi. A light headed feeling at 4.8 is very probably due to you being normally a good bit higher than that. I wonder when the last time you had a level below 5mmls was (and whether you know that). Do NOT be worried about it being a hypo. 4.8 is a very good level that the vast majority of us are...

Hi Charlie. I control my blood sugar through diet alone. I came off Gliclazide after the first few weeks over two years ago to see how I would manage without meds...only way to tell really. I stopped all the usual stuff (things you have mentioned) and pretty much got around to not eating...

Hi. your poor wee mum has had a tough time of it. I hope it gets resolved very soon. I, myself am Type 2 an not on insulin (I manage my blood sugar without any other meds but through diet alone..which took time). My brother is also Type 2 but did for a time have to use insulin. It can be very...

Go to sleep. ;)

I'm delighted that you are "in remission". I've been given that label too by a consultant I see, and my HbA1c levels have continually dropped. I like the term "carb intolerant" and use it myself as a description for Type 2 diabetes (in the main)..and I really hope you are past that as an issue...

Good luck, mate. Looks like you are doing very well while still managing to eat some grub you always liked. I always find breakfast the hardest bit. I have totally cut out my toast and there's no loaves in the house now... the odd croissant creeps under the radar of my will power and into my...

Yes, but isn't that simply in relation to driving? I see no issue with a 4.5mmols reading while on Gliclazide but would obviously want to avoid much below 4. I stopped taking Gliclazide about two years ago and still aim for the same levels I did while on it. I think what you are saying is that...

I found that, certainly for the first couple of months, keeping a detailed record of what I ate, when I ate it, what my readings were before and two hours after along with a weekly breakdown of what I was eating in terms of calories, carbs, fats, protein and fibre (working these out in relation...

Where did you get the stay above 5mmols on Gliclazide from? Just asking. My consultant and 4 doctors told me to aim at between 7-8mmols and 4mmols. My dose was doubled due to my lack of reaction to the 40mg. My feeling is that can react differently to it and that, taking diet into account so...

You don't need to eat it as is...chop it up in a leafy salad. I really like walnuts and vinegar added. Pity about he fish...the oily stuff is ideal. Smoked cheese....almonds, brazil nuts maybe.. personally I wouldn't stop the low carb diet if I were you, I would add a few more carbs here and...

Well done.. result!

Great if they cut it. It is a relatively strong drug...certainly compared to Metformin. I was put on 40mg when diagnosed...which was increased to 80mg. To be clear, 4.4mmols is definitely NOT too low...it's great. The only real concern would be if you were also really cutting down on carbs, as...

I stab used lancets for my One Touch Verio firmly into their original plastic ends and just bin them along with strips. Don't think I'm breaking any laws. Still, maybe I should be more considerate in future...

5.8 this morning...a little better than yesterday's 9.1!

I've never had a blinking yoyo...the things they can do today!

Have you thought about splitting the dose? I was told to take it with breakfast. I came off it completely because I was getting nightmares on it (so was my brother...due to his Gliclazide not mine! ;)) and because I wanted to see how my levels were on diet alone. I never went back on it due to...